Friction draft-rigging.



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JOHN F. OCONNOB, 0F CHICAGQILLINOIS; ASSIGNOR T0 W.l H. MINER, 0F CHICAGO,

ILLINOIS.

FYRICTION DBAFT-RIGGING.

Specification nf Letters Patent.

Patented May. 9, i911.

Application leci October 27, 1910. Serial No. 589,447.

To all 'wlwm 'it may concernf Be it known that I, JOHN F. OCoNNoR,y a.v citizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, in the .county of Cook and State of Illinois, have inventedp new and useful Img provement in Friction Draft-Rigging, of which the following is a specification.l

My invention relates to improvements in friction draft rigging for railway cars.

The object of my invention is to provide a friction draft rigging of a strong, simple, efficient and durable construction, which will have'high cushioning capacity, 300,000 to 500,009 pounds or more, which will be certain and reliable in .its release action, which-will be neither of undue length nor width, and thus capable of being mounted .in the. standard space between center sills of a car, and at the same time have adequate provision for limiting the compressive movement.` both in pulling and butling and for distributing heavy shocks at different points to the center sills. in which the friction shell' may be of a plain, simple and circular cross sectioi-i, and thus. adapted to successfully withstand the bursting strains to which it ina-y be subjected from the wedge and friction shoes. and capable also of economical' and perfect manufacture or casting, which will be adapted to properly cushion both light and heavy blows, in which the friction surfaces of the friction shoes and shell will not he subjected to such excessive pressure as to cause undue wear or abrasion, and in which all 'the parts of the cushioning mechanism may be connected and held in cooj'ierative and assembled relation as a single unitary structure, to facilitate instalment and removal or replacement. y

My invention consists inl the novel coustruction of parts and devices and in the novel combinations of parts and devices herein shown and described, by which these. important objects or results are practically accomplished in a single, unitary structure or friction draft rigging, without sacrifice of or interfering with the others.

ln the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a plan view. partly in horizontal section. on line 1 1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is an elevation. partly in central. vertical section ou line 2--2 of Fig. l. Figs. 3 and 4 are cross sections on lines 3 3 and 4-4 respectively of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a detail'plan View of the wedge. Fig. 6 is a detail plan view and Fig. 6a is a perspective view ofone of the friet-ion shoes'.

Fig. 7 isa detail perspective view of one of the anti-friction rollers. Figs. Sand 9 are elevations of the front and rear stop members. Fig. 10 is a' detail perspective View of the' friction shell. Fig. v11 is a detail per` spective View of the spring cage., Fig. 12 is a detail elevation 'of the twin spring seat or bearing member. Fig. 13 is aplanview of same, partly in section. Fig. 14 is a detail elevation of the bridge block or member and connecting bolts. Jig. 15 is -a detail elevation of the bridgeblock or member.

' der buiiing stress; Fig. 20 isa vertical section, showing-the mechanism compressed vunder pulling stress. Figs.'21 and 22 are detail cross sections on lines 21-21 and 22-'22 of Fig. 19.

In the" drawing. 1 represents the draft sills or members of the car frame to which the draft rigging is applied, the same preferably being rolled steel center sills, 2 the end sill, 3 the carry-iron, 4t the draw-bar, 5 the draft yoke. 6 the tie-plate, 7 rear stop members secured to the center sills and having rear stop shoulders 8, 9 front stop members having front stop shoulders 10 and limiting stop shoulders 11, 12, and 13 is the -front follower, all these parts being preferably of standard car construction.

The rear follower' 14 which abuts against- .the stop shoulders 8 of the rear stop4 members 7, is preferably made integral with the twin Spring cage 15, which is preferably of generally rectangular shap'e', andl provided with a pair of sockets or'seats 16 to receive the twin orR side by'side arranged springs 17. each of which preferably incloses a smaller spring 18 nested within it, the spring cage having a pair of bosses 19 to fit within' the rear ends of the smaller springs 18.

'l`o give room for the two large springs 17 lside by side between the center sills 1. 1. the. spring cage 15 is provided with longitudinal .The spring cage is provided at its front i corners. With lugs 23, lhaving holes 24 to receive the short connecting bolts 25 by which the friction shoe.

the spring -cage is connected to the friction .shell 26,. and permitted to movelongitudinally in respectvthereto the limited extent, preferably about one quarter inch, necessary to provide for the desired preliminary compression of the twin springs 17, 17 before the friction cushioning mechanism comes into action. y

The friction shell 26 is of cylindrical form or circular in"'cross section, 'and preferably furnished With external annular'ribs 27 vto further vincrease its stren-gthagainst bursting strain; It has 'a longitudinally eX- tending friction face28, which is in sliding frictionalcontact with the exterior friction faces 29 of the segmental friction shoes 30 which are preferably three in number.V Each of the friction shoes 30 has an inclined or' AWedging inner'ffaceil furnished with a stop? shouldenf32 for the' anti-friction roller. 33, one of which is interposed between each of and the corresponding Wedge' face 34 of he Wedge 35 Which is interposed between-the front follower 13 and the friction shoes 30.. The Wedge preferably" is 'of pyramidal form and provided with three Wedge faces, one for each of the friction shoes, and each' inclined face ofthe Wedge has ash'culder v36 to keep the fantifriction roller 33 in. itsproper transverse arrangement. Each of the friction shoes is also provided with shoulders 37'," 37 for engagement with the endsl of the anti-friction 'f roller 33, and thus keep the roller in place lengthwise.

The friction shell 26 lis furnishedat its rear end with externally projecting integral stopnvings'oi shoulders 38 for engagement with the rear limiting stop shoulders 12 of .the front stop members '9 to limit the forward movement of the friction shell Lunder` pulling strainsLand to distributettlieshock to the center sills at different' portions ofV their length. The friction shell 26 is also preferably-provided at itsrear end with an yintegral hollow boxl shaped extension or guide member v39, having sockets 40`to receive the Afrontends of the tyvin springs 17,

l.17,y and the tivin spring seat member 41,- the ends 42 'of lwhich are rounded to conform to the springs, and Whichhas on its front face a'raised central bearing or hub portion 43, having an annular shoulder or face 44 to bear against the rear ends of the friction shoes, the peripheral Wall'45 fitting Within therear, cylindrical inner peripheral Wall of the friction shell. It also' has a circular boss or shoulder 46 which fits Within the annular, segmental i'nturned flanges 47 of the friction shoes.

t The extension orguide member 39 at the rea-r end of the friction shell. is of generallyv rectangular shape, conforming in size and shape `to the spring cage 15 andl its upright faces 48 fit between and engage the upright faces of the center 'sills between which the draft rigging is mounted, vAnd the top and bottom horizontal faces'49 of this extension or .guide member4 391it against the `inner faces of the draft yoke. The extension or guide member 39 of the friction shell is furnished ,at the four corners thereof` With lugsl 50 to receive' the connecting bolts 25 and the thimbles which surround' saidL connectingl bolts and serve tolimit 'the extent to Iwhich the nuts -52 of the connecting bolts may be screwed up, and thus regulate the extent of relative movement permitted Abetiveen the spring cage and friction 'shell and 7Vtheconse- .quent amount of preliminary'com Jression of the twin springs that may take pace be- .fore the .friction cushioning mechanism comes into action. TheI thimbles 51 have headsor fianges53 for engagement ,with the nuts of the connecting bolts 25.l

54, 55, 55 are connecting bolts lextending Ibetween the ivedge 35 andthe spring cage 15, the bolt 54' extending centrally lfrom the inner end kof the Wedge andconnectinggivith the bolts 55, 55 byl a bridgeblock or member 56, ,which fits in a'recess 57 formed to re' `ceive it in the twin spring seat member 41; ,ther separated bolts 55, 55 are thus centrally above and below' th ta'ngcntially meeting yportions of the` peripheries of the twin springs 17, 17. They spring cage lis provided With transverse webs 58 through which the bolts 55 pass andagainst which their nuts 59, 60 bear.y ,The threaded.nuts of the connecting'bolts 54, 55 vena-blc adjustment. to 'be readily madam-respect to thc extent that the AWedge 35,1'irojects beyond the front end of the friction shell. The connectingboltsyf, also'seifvje to hold all the parts'A of the spring and friction cushioning mechanism assembled in cQperativ-e relation Iand' 'connected together asa single unit, so

vthat the 'saine may be quickly yand convenientlyl installed and readily removed and rc placed by. simplytaking outgthe bolts' 61 which connectfthe removablel` tie-plates 6 withthe center sills 1 of the car. i

The extension or guide member 3S) at the rear end of the friction lshell is furnished with slots'or openings@V in its upright sides similar to 'the slots :or openings 20 in the initial'compression of about spring cage to accommodate and give room about one for the twin or side by side arranged 'springs 54:, 55, 55,

between thevcenter sills.

As in my invention, the wedge is interposed between thel draw-bar and the friction shoes, andas anti-friction rollers are interposed between the wedge and lthe friction shoes, and as the twin springsreact at. one end, through the spring cage and connecting bolts, against lthe-.friction shell andv at their other vend against the friction shoes, through the interposed twin spring seat and its integral central bearing member, so that the twin springs when compressed directly act to longitudinally separate ythe friction shoes and shell in -respect to each other and thus cause the frictionmechanism to release when .the pressure of the draw-bar is relieved against the wedge, and as the force of the powerful twinsprings when compressed is all utilized Ato produce such release action and does not act tospread or wedge the shoes radially outward against the shell, and thus interfere with proper release action, Iam enabled -to secure, with my improved friction draft rigging, an exceedingly high cushioning capacity, and at the same time a perfeet, certain and reliable release action.

As in myA invent-ion the upright sides of the rectangular spring cage and of th-e rectangular guide and stop shoulder member at the rearend of the friction shell arelongitudinally slotted or cut away at the middle of their upright faces, powerful twin springs of relatively large size spring rod-and large diameter are adapted to be arranged side by side between the center sills of the car, and as the friction shell .is provided atits rear end with stop wings or shoulders -for engagement with the rear limiting stop shoulder of the front draft l members are not thus required to extend along the center sill-s adjacent to the springs, I am thus enabled to futilize the full space between thecenter sills for reception of the twin or .side by side arranged springs and for the spring cage and front twin spring seat or follower. A l. y 4 The friction shoes 35 leach preferably have theirparallel side edges oblique or extending at an angle to the axis of the friction shell, so that in operationthe entire interior friction face of the friction .shell `will be uniformly engaged and acted uponbvthe friction shoes, and to avoid all possibility of ridges being formed on the friction shell at the longitudinal meeting edges ofthe friction shoes.

Then the gear is assembled, the twin springs 1i', 17 are preferably put under an one half inch by the lconnecting bolts 25, vwhich connect the friction shell 26 with the spring cage l5. And then thetwin springs are preferably put andere further vinitial compression of members so that the stoplnation with a draw-bar and draftyoke. of

l posed between half inch by the connecting bolts which connect Vthe twin spring seat l with the wedge 35, this' further initial compression -of the twin springs enabling the springsI themselves to automatically take up any wear ofthe friction mechanism. and tokeep the overall length of the cushioning mechanism 'as .a whole always constantly the same, and alsoholding all the engaging parts in sling Contact with each other` and preventingall play or lost motion. To provide for this automatic taking up of wear by the twin springsl and consequent necessary movement of the friction shoes relative to thc friction shell and wedge as wear takes place, a clearance vof one half inch or such matter is le t at (l2-i between the bridge block 56 and theadjaccnt wall.l ofthe twin spring seat 4l. and also a like clearance G4 between the adjaccntend walls ofthe twin spring seat 4l and Vthe friction Shell Q6, and alsil a' like clearance 65 between A'the front ends of the friction shoes 29 andthe front follower 13.

l. In a `friction draft rigging, the combination with a draw-bar, draft yoke and stop members, of a cylindric. longitudinally movable friction shell centrally in line with the Vdraw-bar, and provided at its rear 1end with an integral hollow rectangular enlarge'- nient to receive a twin spr-ing seatplat'c'land the front ends of twin springs. frictionshocs and wedge within saidffricti'onshell. Sant-'ifriction rollers between t' ,wedges and shoes, a twin spring cage sen-irate from and connected to said. friction shell, twin springs reactingat one end through said twin spr-ing cage against the friction .shell .and at their other endv longitudinally against xthe frietion shoes, the forceof *said twin s' rings when compressed acting to longit-min-amove the friction slices in `respect to the friction shell; in the release movement 'and said antisfriction rollers copera'ting -to facilitate the action of4 said twin springs in fl'ecting such release,,substantially as speci- 2. In a. friction draft -rigging, 'the ycombia lon gi tudinallv movable Ifriction shell,` friction shoes within the shell, a, wedgel intersaid draw-bar.; and shoes,v a twin spring seat having a central bearing acting against the opposite ends`of said' shoes from said wedge,-a spring cage separate from said shel` twinsprings v'betwefen said spring 4cage and said twin spring seat, and connections :between said spring cage and friction shell, saidV twin spring seat aeting4 to transmit the Vthrnstbf, saidtwjn springs lto said frictionshoes withontradiasl spreading action on the shoes and consequent interference with the release action, substantially as specified.. v

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-and lower limbs of the draft yoke,

3. In a friction draft rigging, the combination with a draw-bar, draft yoke, center springs between said spring cage and twin s spring seat, and connecting bolts extending ing between said spring cage and said guide extension of said friction shell, substantially as specified. 4. In a friction draft rigging, the combination with a draw-bar, draft yoke, center sills, stop members and front follower, of a longitudinally movable friction shell having atits rear end an integral guide extension fitting and extending between said center sills and embraced between the upper and lower limbs of the draft yoke, friction shoes within' the shell, a wedge interposed between said draw-bar and shoes. a twin spring seat fitting within said guide extension of said shell and having a central bearacting against the opposite end of said shoes-'from said wedge, a twin spring' cage fitting and extending between said center sills and embraced by said yoke, twin springs between said spring cage and twin spring seat, and connecting bolts extending between said spring cage and said guide extension of said friction shell, and connecting bolts extending between'said wedge'and said twin spring cage, substantially as specified.

5. In a friction draft rigging, the combination with a draw-bar, draft yoke, center sills, stop members and front follower, of a. longitudinally movable friction shell having at its rear end an integral guide exten-.

sion fitting and extending between said center *sills and embraced Vbetween the upper and lower limbs of the draft yoke, friction shoes within the shell, a wedge interposed between said draw-bar and shoes, a twin spring seat fitting withinsaid guide extensionof said shell and having a central bearing' acting against the opposite end of said shoes from said wedge, a twin spring cage fitting and extending between said cen- A' ter `sills and lembraced by'said yoke, twin t `tension of said friction springs'between said springcage and` twin spring Seat, and connecting bolts extending between said. pring cage and said guide exing bolts permitting a limited longitudinal movement ofsaid spring cage in respect to' shell, said connectsaid friction shell, and stop thimbles surrounding said connecting bolts, substantially as specified.

6. In a friction draft rigging, the combination with a draw-bar, draft yoke, center sills, stop members and front follower, of a longitudinally movable friction shell having at its rear end an integral guide extension fitting and extending between said center sills and embraced between the upper and lower limbs of the draft yoke, friction shoes within the shell, a wedge interposed between said draw-bar and shoes, a twin spring seat fitting within said` guide extension of said shell and-having a central bearing acting against the opposite .end of said shoes from said wedge, a twin spring cage fitting and extending between said center sills and embraced by said yoke, twin springs: between said spring cage and twin spring seat, connecting, bolts extending between said spring cage'andsaid guide extension of said friction shell, a bridge block between said wedge and said spring cage, a connecting bolty extending from said wedge to said bridge block, and a pair of connecting bolts extending from said bridge block to lsaid spring cage, substantially as specified.

7. In a friction draft rigging, the combination with a longitudinally movable fidtion shell, of a wedge/and friction shoes within the shell, twin springs arranged parallel and adjacent to' each other, a twin spring seat interposed between said springs and saidv friction shoes and having separate bearings for the springs and a bearing surface on the opposite face thereof to act longitudinally on said shoes, said springs reacting at one end through said twin spring seat against said friction shoes without exerting radial spreading action thereon in phe release movement, substantially as speciied.

8. In a friction draft rigging the combination with a longitudinally movable vfric- `tion shell, having a cylindrical portion at one end to receive friction shoes and an outwardly projecting enlarged extension at its other end to receive a twin seat plate and one end of twin'springs, of a wedge and friction shoes within the cylindric portion of said friction shell, a twin spring cage separate from-said shell and connections between said cage and friction shell, twin springs arranged side by side and fitting at one end-within said enlarged extension of said friction shell, a twin spring seat plate interposed betweenfsaid twin springs and said friction shoes, said 'twin springs reacting at one end through said twin spring scat against said friction shoes and sai springs re-act-ing at their other end against said friction shell through said twin spring cage and its connections with said friction shell.

9. In a friction draft rigging, the combination with a longitudinally movable friction shell having an oblong enlargement at one end to receive a twin spring seat, of a wedge and friction shoes Within the shell, twin springs, a twin spring seat having separate bearings for the springs and a bea-ring surface on its opposite side to act longitudinally against the shoes, and a twin spring follower acting member connected to said friction shell and against which said twin springs react at one end, said twin springs reacting at their other end against said twin spring seat and through said seat against said shoes, substantially as specified.-

JOHN F. OCONNOR.

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